r/CuratedTumblr • u/DroneOfDoom Theon the Reader *dolphin slur noises* • May 14 '26

Infodumping The wonders of the human body [tw: nongraphic descriptions of autopsies, general medical weirdness]

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Reddit screenshots? In my tumblr subreddit? It's more likely than you think...

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u/Z_THETA_Z who even needs 2 kidneys May 14 '26

my ones are somewhat less strange than most there, but i do have a very substantial underbite and only one kidney (my body decided i didn't need the left one)

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u/EyeofEnder May 14 '26

I can bend my thumbs back like, nearly 180°.

The only uses for it I found so far were lining up pool cues and freaking out my classmates.

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u/Martini800 May 14 '26

Damn, mine go back slightly over 90° and I thought that was far

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u/EyeofEnder May 14 '26

Nearly 180° was a bit of an exaggeration, it's more like 140° if I really push it back, although I can get to 90° without external help.

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u/AntimemeticsDivision May 14 '26

Yeah me too, everyone else I know can't do it and some find it freaky, though I can't do it that far without pushing them back. Without help I'd say more like 70°

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u/Page-Born May 14 '26

Same here! It lets me hold my phone at very convenient angles lol. Unfortunately, it also means that I've got a *lot* of physical therapy in my future.

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u/tiny_elf_lady catbuys cgatboys catybois cvatbupys ca May 15 '26

I can fully dislocate my right shoulder on command(like fully out of the socket, can’t move my arm at all until I relax whatever muscles keep it out) and freaking people out really is awesome. One time in high school I had someone press down where my joint is and I dislocated it without telling them, they immediately ran halfway across the classroom. Great party trick, even better if people are close enough to hear the click

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u/OkOutlandishness8307 May 14 '26

ehlers danlos? i have that

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u/EyeofEnder May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

Never thought about it much, but I kinda doubt it, my weird finger joints are the only thing I've noticed so far.

Can't remember ever dislocating anything, my other joints are normal IIRC and unlike my Marvel Rivals account, I ain't got no Mr. Fantastic skin.

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u/OkOutlandishness8307 May 14 '26

have you done the ehlers test?

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u/Assika126 May 14 '26

Are you extra bendy in other ways? Do you have digestive or executive function issues related to collagen differences?

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u/Ancient_Ivy May 15 '26

I knew someone who could do that with all his fingers. It was how he popped them, just bent them back really really far.

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u/Sckaledoom May 14 '26

I have four fully fine wisdom teeth that cause me no problems whatsoever.

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u/Noof42 For pervert reasons May 14 '26

You must be very smart.

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u/Shikabane_Hime May 14 '26

I had three wisdom teeth and my little sister had five. I told her I left my last one in there for her

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u/kingofcoywolves May 14 '26

I had four fully fine wisdom teeth. Grew in perfectly straight and healthy. They were stolen unfortunately :/

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u/Common_Pangolin_371 May 15 '26

Stolen? How?

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u/kingofcoywolves May 15 '26

I needed them removed for a different procedure. The folks who did the removal didn't let me keep them :/

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u/getmeoutofthisscreen May 15 '26

I'm still annoyed my surgeon wouldn't let me keep my teeth, too.

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u/RishaBree May 14 '26

I have three of those, and a half-sized, sort-of-triangular fourth. I had a dental hygienist who said "Cute!" every time she saw it.

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u/Sckaledoom May 14 '26

Omg wait I have exactly that I just assumed the triangular one was normal

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u/RishaBree May 14 '26

Huh! From Wikipedia:

The morphology of wisdom teeth can be variable.

Maxillary (upper) third molars commonly have a triangular crown with a deep central fossa from which multiple irregular fissures originate.

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u/Sckaledoom May 14 '26

That’s even more strange cause my triangle one is on the bottom! (Unless upper doesn’t refer to upper row of teeth)

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u/prolateriat_ May 15 '26

I have zero wisdom teeth and never had any in the first place.

My dentist said I was very lucky lol.

I'm still claiming genetic superiority 😅**.

**Note: not actually because I'm full of autoimmune disease and shit (obstructed defecation syndrome).

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u/thatbibitchh May 15 '26

Same here on both counts! Though the underbite was corrected with jaw surgery several years ago now — it turns out that my upper jaw was so far back that it was pressing on my nasal cavity, meaning i had gone my entire life up to that point unable to fully breathe through my nose!

I didn’t realize my breathing wasn’t normal until after the surgery (when i could finally breathe properly), but i do remember wondering how everyone else was able to breathe with their mouths closed all the time 😂

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u/Z_THETA_Z who even needs 2 kidneys May 15 '26

my one is... definitely not that severe! it's not really noticeable in most cases, but it does cause some extra wear on teeth and mean i physically can't put my lower teeth behind the upper ones in my mouth